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The desert that turns into a sea of flowers

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A patch of dirt so dry it resembles the surface of Mars undergoes an annual floral identity crisis, tricking tourists into thinking it is a lush paradise. For just a few weeks between August and September, the desert rains trigger a hyper-bloom of staggering proportions. It is a mad dash for botany lovers to witness a landscape briefly pretend it isn't an unforgiving wasteland.

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